Chick box



Oct. 29, 1929. WEAVER 1,733,566

CHI'CK BOX Filed Nov. 9, 1927 2 sheets-sheet l Oct. 29, 1929. J. A. WEAVER CHICK BOX Filed Nov. 9, 1927 2 Sheets-Shee 2 the form of a separate strip secured to Patented Oct. 29, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSIAH A. WEAVER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO SEFTOIN' MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK crrrox :Box

Application filed November 9, 1927. Serial No. 232,025.

' My invention relates to boxes adapted for shipment of chicks and has to do particularly with lids for such boxes embodying novel means for spacing the boxes apart when placed side by side and when stacked upon each other, and adapted to insure proper ventilation for the chicks through the top and aide wall ventilating openings formed in the One of the objects of my invention is to provide a box lid carrying spacing means Iiln t e top of the box lid and folded to form a V-shaped spacing apart and another part formed and associated with the lid in such a manner as to serve as an end wall therefor;

Another object is to provide strips of the foregoing character of such length as to span the width of the lid and extend beyond the side edges thereof to space the chick boxes apart when placed side by side so as to insure proper ventilation for the chicks when the boxes are so placed.

Still another object is to provide the spacing portion of these strips with a plurality of opposed ventilating openings which register with similar ventilating openings in the box. lid, some of which are located beneath and confined by such strips, so as to insure proper air circulation from all directions when the boxes are stacked.

Additional objects are to provide a highly efiicient, very strong and exceedingly cheap chick box; and to provide a lid and spacing structure which may be folded as a unit into a flat form for convenient packing and shipping of the boxes in their knocked-down condition.

Other and further objects and advantages will become apparent as this description progresses and by reference to the drawings, wherem- Fi ure 1 is a perspective view of two chick boxes in stacked relation and embodying my invention Figure 2 is a slightly enlarged top plan View of one of the lids shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section through one side of the lid, and taken substantiallyon line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the portion of the lid shown inFigure 3;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the lid and spacer blanks in their attached relation;

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the structure of Fig. 5; and

Figure 7 is a vertical section similar to Fig ure 3 taken through the end of another form of lid embodying my invention.

Vith reference to the form shown in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, the box 10 may be of any desired construction adapted to receive the lid 11, both formed of corrugated paper or similar material. In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown the lid in its blank or knocked-down condition and it comprises a top wall 12 having side walls 13 and 1 1 hinged thereto along the creased lines 13 and 14.

The spacing means Which I employ takes the form of strips 15 (Figs 5-and 6) of corrugated paper material, or the like, at opposite sides of the lid, each strip being creased along parallel lines to provide four sections 16, 17 18 and 19, and the section 16 is secured to the top wall 12 by a plurality of suitable fastening devices 20. It will be noted that the strip section 19 is of such length as to extend beyond the ends of the other sections 16, 17 and 18 and is cut away from the adjoining section 18 along the adjacent creased line, as indicated at 21, and substantially to a point in alignment with the hinge between the lid top Wall 12 and side Wall 14. The free ends of this section 19 are creased transversely as at 19 to form end flaps 19 To set up the strips 18 of each strip are folded along their crease lines (Fig. 3) in such a way that the sections 17 and 18 take the form of an upwardly projecting spacer V-shaped in cross section which extends across the top. of the box lid. The section 16 is secured sufiiciently close to the adjacent edge of the box lid that when the other sections are folded as described the section 19 extends down over and against the end wall 13 so as to form an end wall for. the box, and the end flaps 19 of this latter section are turned inwardly along the inner surface of the side walls 14 and secured thereto by fasteners 22.

or objects from the side walls of the box 10' and insure free circulation of air through the adjacent side ventilating openings 23. These projecting strips also prevent the chick boxes from being moved close against a wall surface and cutting off the side openings during packing and shipment of chicks.

The spacing sections 17 and 18 are each provided with a plurality of equally spaced and oppositely located ventilating openings 24 which provide for ventilation directly through such strips in their set up condition (Figs. 2 and 3). That is, when one box is stacked upon another (Fig. 1) fresh air may readily pass through the spacer ventilating openings 24 and thence through the ventilating openings 25 in the top of the lid there-between. To further insure proper circulation through the top of the lids when the boxes are stacked, I provide a row of ventilating openings 26 in the top of the box lid directly beneath and confined by the spacers 15 whereby air passing directly through the outer of the ventilating openings 24 will readily pass, in part, directly downward through the enclosed openings 26 into the chick box and vice versa.

In Fig. 7 I have shown another form of my invention which is substantially identical with the form shown in Figs. 1 to 6 with the exception that the lid side walls 13 are ornitted. In this form the spacers 15 are creased and folded as in the other form, and each of the sections 19* serves as a single side wall.

From the foregoing it is readily seen that I have provided a simple, cheap and highly efiicient means for spacing chick boxes when stacked or located side .by side to insure thorough ventilation; and have provided a form of spacing means which serves to greatly strengthen lids for supporting the boxes in stacked relation.

It will be understood that While I have described in some detail only two forms of my invention, many changes in construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined by the claims which follow.

I claim:

1. In a box of the character described, a removable lid having top wall with ventilating openings in its top wall, astrip secured to said top wall and having an upwardly projecting spacing part and another part serving as a side wall section of the lid, said upwardy projecting part having ventilating openings.

2. In a box of the character described having side walls with ventilating openings therein, a lid for the box and detachable hollow spacers secured to said lid, said spacers having ventilating openings therein and extending entirely across said lid and beyond its side edges to space the boxes apart when placed side by side to insure free ventilation through the ventilating openings in the adjacent box wall surfaces.

3. The combination in a box of the character described having side walls with ventilating openings therein, of a lid for the box having ventilating openings therein, strips creased, to form a plurality of sections, one section of each strip being secured to said lid adjacent opposite edges, other of the sections of each strip having a plurality of openings therein and being folded to provide a ridge V-shaped in cross section for spacing the boxes apart when stacked, said strips being of such length as to extend said ridge across and beyond the side edges of the lid to space the boxes apart when placed side by side so as to not obstruct the venti lating openings in the adjacent box wall surfaces.

4. In a box of the character described, a lid having side and top walls, ventilating openings in said top Wall, spacers mounted upon said top wall adjacent opposite edges thereof, said spacers each having a portion overlapping one of said side walls.

5. In a box of the character described, a lid having a top wall and side walls hinged thereto and adapted to embrace the walls of the box, ventilating openings in said top walls, spacing members attached to said lid and each forming, in part, an additional side wall for said lid.

6. In a box of the character described, a lid having atop wall and side walls hinged thereto andembracing the walls of the box, ventilating openings in said top wall, spacing members attached to said top wall and each having a portion forming a side wall section adapted to overlap one of said lid side walls, said side wall section being attached to the other adjacent lid side walls.

7. In a box of the character described, a lid having a top wall'an'dside walls hmged thereto, a plurality of spacing strips extending across said top wall, each of said str1p s being creased to form a plurality of sections, one section of each strip being secured to said top wall with adjacent sections formed to provide an upwardly extending ridge, and

still another of said sections being folded over a side edge of said top wall.

8. In a box of the character described, a lid having top and side walls, a plurality of spacing members extending across said top wall, each said member comprising a plurality of hinged sections, one section of each member being secured to said top wall with adjacent sections formed to provide an upwardly extending spacing part, and still another of said sections being folded over an adjacent side edge of said top wall, and end flaps hinged to the latter section and folded inwardly against and secured to the adjacent lid side walls.

9. A chick box having a lid with a plurality of ventilating openings therein, spacing members upon and extending across said lid above certain of said ventilating openings, and ventilating openings in said members for permit- -ting ventilation of the interior of the box through said lid ventilating openings when one box is stacked upon another.

10. In a chick'box, a lid having a plurality of openings therein, spacers mounted over certain of said lid openings and extending across said lid, said spacers being formed of a single strip creased to form a plurality of sections which are folded to a triangular shape, means for securing certain of sai sections to said lid, the sections forming the sides of said triangularly shaped spacer having aligned openings for admitting air therethrough to said lid openings when the boxes are stacked.

11. In a chick box, a lid having a plurality of openings therein, s acing members extending across said lid or receiving another box stacked thereupon, said members each comprising a single strip having a plurality of hinged sections one of which is secured to said lid and others folded to form a hollow ridge, ventilating openings in the latter of said sections, some of the ventilating openings in said lid lying beneath and confined by said spacing members and registering with the openings in said members.

12. In a chick box, a lid having ventilating openings, separate hollow spacing members carried by said lid and having open bottom ortions extending over and enclosing some of said lid ventilating openings, and ventilate ing openings in sai members registering with the enclosed lid ventilating openings.

13. In a chick box, a lid'havingventllating openin s, separate hollow spacing members carrie by said lid and having open bottom portions extending over and enclosing some of said lid ventilating openings, and ventilating openings in said. members registering with the enclosed lid vent lating-openings, said spacing member opemngs also being adapted to permit free passage of air to the other of said lid openings when the boxes are stacked.

14. In a box of the character described, a. lid, and spacers carried by said lid, said spac; ers each comprising a single strip creased to form a plurality of sections, one of which is of greater length than the others and slit and separated therefrom at its end to form an end flap, other of the sections of each strip being folded to provide an upwardly projecting ridge, means for securing one of sai sections to the top of said lid, said longer section being folded over the edge of said lid,

and means for securing said end flaps to another part of said lid.

15. A chick box lid having a top and side walls formed from a single blank, means for spacing the boxes apart when stacked comprising a single strip creased to form sections one of which is secured to the lid with its connected sections adapted to be folded to form a ridge along the lid, said strip being adapted to be folded back flat upon said lid blank in attached relation and within the area of the top thereof rendering the entire structure compact for packing and shipping and easily set up.

In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name. 7

JOSIAH A. WEAVER. 

